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WNU #1022: Haitians Protest and Organize
“This money will be put directly into the hands of the workers,” Brazilian union president Vivaldo Moreira Araújo said. “We’re not going to give anything to military troops or to the government. This is class solidarity to help the Haitian people reorganize themselves and reconstruct a free nation without imperialist occupation.”
Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #1022, February 14, 2010
1. Haiti: Capital’s Residents Protest and Organize
2. Mexico: Unions Threaten General Strike
3. Honduras: 4 Campesinos Wounded in Land Dispute
4. Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti
ISSN#: 1084 922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Haiti: Capital’s Residents Protest and Organize
A heavy rain fell on Port-au-Prince for about a half hour in the early morning of Feb. 11, drenching the estimated 1.1 million people who have been sleeping outdoors or in improvised shelters since a magnitude 7.0 earthquake destroyed or seriously damaged their homes on Jan. 12. This was the first heavy rain in Haiti’s capital and the surrounding area since the quake, which occurred during the dry season. More frequent rainstorms may come as early as March, and medical experts warn of a great increase in disease if better shelters aren’t constructed in time. Relief agencies say 22,000 tents have been distributed and another 50,000 are slated to be brought into the country; the Haitian official in charge of temporary shelter, Charles Clermont, said on Feb. 11 that he expected 400,000 tarps by Feb. 20. International institutions estimate that there are 310 spontaneous encampments in the Port-au-Prince area.
By around 6 am on Feb. 11 many residents had joined demonstrations denouncing the government of President René Préval for its failures in organizing relief. Préval “sleeps peacefully while the people are soaked,” they chanted. (Haiti Press Network 2/11/10; AlterPresse (Haiti) 2/11/10; Radio Métropole (Haiti) 2/11/10; Le Devoir (Montreal) 2/12/10, some from AFP) [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2010/02/wnu-1022-haitians-protest-and-organize.html
Issue #1022, February 14, 2010
1. Haiti: Capital’s Residents Protest and Organize
2. Mexico: Unions Threaten General Strike
3. Honduras: 4 Campesinos Wounded in Land Dispute
4. Links to alternative sources on: Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti
ISSN#: 1084 922X. Weekly News Update on the Americas covers news from Latin America and the Caribbean, compiled and written from a progressive perspective. It has been published weekly by the Nicaragua Solidarity Network of Greater New York since 1990. For a subscription, write to weeklynewsupdate [at] gmail.com . It is archived at http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/
*1. Haiti: Capital’s Residents Protest and Organize
A heavy rain fell on Port-au-Prince for about a half hour in the early morning of Feb. 11, drenching the estimated 1.1 million people who have been sleeping outdoors or in improvised shelters since a magnitude 7.0 earthquake destroyed or seriously damaged their homes on Jan. 12. This was the first heavy rain in Haiti’s capital and the surrounding area since the quake, which occurred during the dry season. More frequent rainstorms may come as early as March, and medical experts warn of a great increase in disease if better shelters aren’t constructed in time. Relief agencies say 22,000 tents have been distributed and another 50,000 are slated to be brought into the country; the Haitian official in charge of temporary shelter, Charles Clermont, said on Feb. 11 that he expected 400,000 tarps by Feb. 20. International institutions estimate that there are 310 spontaneous encampments in the Port-au-Prince area.
By around 6 am on Feb. 11 many residents had joined demonstrations denouncing the government of President René Préval for its failures in organizing relief. Préval “sleeps peacefully while the people are soaked,” they chanted. (Haiti Press Network 2/11/10; AlterPresse (Haiti) 2/11/10; Radio Métropole (Haiti) 2/11/10; Le Devoir (Montreal) 2/12/10, some from AFP) [...]
Read the full Update:
http://weeklynewsupdate.blogspot.com/2010/02/wnu-1022-haitians-protest-and-organize.html
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